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Chrichton Park Elementary, November 16th, 2009, 12:20-1:20 pm, P-2 Today our teacher was Mr. Bach, who told us about his very large family of 20 children. We learned about holding notes which have to be held down while the computer counts to 1-2, or 1-2-3, or 1-2-3-4. Waiting that long can be a bit of a [...]
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Chrichton Park Elementary, November 30th, 2009, 12:20-1:20 pm, P-2 Today the children had Mr. Bach for a teacher. The children practiced “Double Notes” where they play with hands together and “Holding Notes” where they hold the notes for 2, 3, or 4 counts. The “Princess Game” was again a favourite where the Princess tells a story. She [...]
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Chrichton Park Elementary, November 16th, 2009, 12:20-1:20 pm, P-2 Today our teacher was Mr. Bach, who told us about his very large family of 20 children. We learned about holding notes which have to be held down while the computer counts to 1-2, or 1-2-3, or 1-2-3-4. Waiting that long can be a bit of a [...]
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Lessons 9 & 10: Today’s class was all about getting to know the entire piano keyboard! We already knew low notes, Middle C and high notes, but in our first lesson with Mr. Bach, we learnt how to play a high note while leaving room for an even higher note. We also played a low [...]
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Level 1: You missed most of the class because of an appointment. Thankfully you got here on time for us to go over all of your cub scout badge requirements. Fantastic work! You have earned yourself a badge! Keep up the good work and the practice at home. See you next week! Level 2: You [...]
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Hello Everybody! What a hard working bunch you are! We covered such a lot today. Well done! Whole Group Today in our rhythm circle, we used my tambourine and ‘Guiro’ so that one person could create some rhythms whilst listening to another person keeping the beat! The person keeping the beat chose whether to tap 3 beats [...]
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Hi Everyone! Well today, as soon as we had finished our lunch, we decided to get straight to work at the computers! Level 1A, Lesson 10 - Ava and Jenna Today you met up with Mr Bach again and he reminded you how to read circle notes going higher and higher, and lower and lower. Then he went [...]
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Lessons 9 & 10: Today’s class was all about getting to know the entire piano keyboard! We already knew low notes, Middle C and high notes, but in our first lesson with Mr. Bach, we learnt how to play a high note while leaving room for an even higher note. We also played a low [...]
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All Together: We spent the first part of class working on O’Christmas Tree. You each took the time to work on your own part, and then we each listened to everyone’s parts! Great job. Following this, we all tried playing the piece together, using the metronome to make sure we all counted properly. Don’t forget [...]
Filed under: Kingswood Elementary | Tagged: flats, Rhythm, sharps, technique | Leave a Comment »
Hi Everyone! Well, this week we were in the Family Studies Room! I wonder where we’ll be next week! Try to listen out for any announcements on Thursday afternoon so that you know where to find me! Level 1 It was great to see Malcolm back with us this week! This week, Ryan and Talan [...]
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Hi Everyone! This week we were in the Family Studies Room! I wonder where we’ll be next week! Whole Group Again we began this week’s lesson by having a group rhythm circle. Everyone took turns tapping out a rhythm on Guiro, and also clapping back other people’s rhyuthms! Well done! Level 1A, Lesson 11 & 12 – Liam, Racheal & [...]
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Hi Everyone! We had another wonderful lesson last Thursday! Great job everyone! Level 1, Lessons 1, 2 & 3 – David and Christian Wow boys! You did an awesome job this week completing 3 lessons! In lessons 1 and 2 you met Mr Beethoven and learnt a little about his life and times! You then found [...]
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Hi Everyone! Today was the last lesson of our first 10 week session! (Our new term continues straight on next week!) I must say that all of you have made great progress, even the very youngest amongst you! I was thrilled to be able to give you all your first MusIQ Club certificate as a mark of your [...]
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Hi Everybody! This week we began with a quick rhythm circle, and then got straight to work on our computers! Level 1A, Lessons 11 and 12 – Hayley, Scott and Weston This week, in lesson 11 you met a new teacher called Mr. Scott Joplin. Mr Joplin was born about 100 years ago in the United Sates. His family [...]
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Hi Everybody! Well, we really are down to a small class now! However, we had fun and you both worked very hard completing two lessons today, so Great Job! Level 1A, Lessons 10 and 11 – Ella and Dang Well, we began this week’s lesson by having a group rhythm circle to warm us up! I introduced [...]
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Hi Everyone! I really enjoyed our class this week. Well done for working so hard everyone! Whole Group Well, we began this week’s lesson by having a group rhythm circle to warm us up! I introduced you to a new musical instrument, my frog ‘Guiro.’ Using the beater, you found many ways to make a [...]
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So, today was week 8 of 10. That means that next week is our last lesson before our recital. Which means that today was the day that we worked hard on learning to play Jolly Old Saint Nicholas together, except that only 2 people were there. So the rest of you need to practice hard [...]
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So, today was week 8 of 10. That means that next week is our last lesson before our recital. Our recital is the last half of the last class, which means it will be at 6:30 on December 9th. This will be your first piano recital, so it is of course very exciting, and you [...]
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Level 1: You started the class off by reviewing your note reading and by working on On Top Of Old Smokey. Good work. Please remember to print and complete your note naming homework this week! We then got together at the white board and wrote out/clapped some different rhythms. Some of them were in 4/4 [...]
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Lesson 8: We started off the class with a fantastic rhythm circle, where you each had to clap back a rhythm by hearing it, and by seeing it! Some of them were a little tricky, but you all did a fantastic job! After this, we went to the computers to start our lesson. Today, Mr. [...]
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